Sao Tome, and Principe --- November 17,2015

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Sao Tome,



One of the best indicators of how poor a country is, is the exchange rate per the U.S. dollar. For Ghana, Togo, Benin it was 600+ to 1 dollar. For Sao Tome it was 22,800 to a dollar. Our ship was only the second passenger ship to vist the island. Needless to say, they were not experiences handling a lot of tourists arriving all at once, The country gained independence from Portugal in 1975.

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Photos

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The Portuguese had several statues around their old fort.

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Boys using an old warvf to dive from

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We came upon a street festival